ABANDONED PONY OUT OF HOLLISTER. "CAPTAIN" HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY'S POLICE CHIEF. DAVID WESTRICK SAYS SANTA DELIVERED THE PONY TO HIS DAUGHTER... WITH A NOTE, TELLING HER HE WANTS THEM TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER FOREVER. CAPTAIN WAS FOUND LAST MONTH NEAR THE HOLLISTER POLICE STATION, VERY MALNOURISHED. CAPTAIN IS STILL RECOVERING, BUT IS THE PERFECT MATCH FOR HAILEE WESTRICK, WHO SAYS SHE WANTS TO BE A VETERINARIAN SOMEDAY. 6:00 she ran as fast as she could over here and hugged on him and set in the pen for hours it brought tears to everybodys eyes 6:12 7:34 I come out and feed him in the morning, and during the day I'll come sit with him, and give him cookies and then feed him at night and repeat every morning 7:49 7:50 what do you talk about when you're sitting with captain about how happy I am that I've been asking for a pony for so long 8:00 CHIEF WESTRICK THOUGHT THE PAIR WOULD ALSO BE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER, SINCE THEY'VE BOTH EXPERIENCED SOME ROUGH PATCHES LATELY... WESTRICK'S HOME WAS HIT AND PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY A DRUNK DRIVER THREE MONTHS AGO... AND CAPTAIN WAS FOUND STARVING A MONTH AGO. ### COMING UP AFTER

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